Energy efficiency of a peloton

[Ming the Merciless]

It's very chivalrous to offer up us bigger riders to a headwind. I'm assuming that once the peloton reaches the hills the smaller riders will then be helping to push us up so we get the chance to ease off by 40% as well?

Maybe a winch during the few minutes whilst we wait 😂

 

[Globalti]

Watch this rather good video on platooning trucks in the USA. The company is called Peloton!

https://peloton-tech.com/

Some amazing scenery in the video, by the way.

 

[nickyboy]

Leader of the peleton benefits a bit. That's why, when the pros do a time trial the team car isn't allowed close behind them

 

[Ajax Bay]

When a cyclist follows another cyclist they enjoy an energy saving by doing so. Does the lead cyclist do more work in that scenario than a cyclist who does not have a second cyclist behind them?

Ceteribus paribus, the followed cyclist does less work (about 10% less iirc with a close gap (wheel width) - [EDIT: 10W @ 30mph]). Which is why if you come across a cyclists on an evening club TT, do not draft them: they may get disqualified.
Jean-Paul Ballard has a top reputation (minute 31 in the video):
https://www.swissside.com/blogs/news/talks-at-google-the-aerodynamic-revolution-in-cycling

 

[Rusty Nails]

Ask Hambini ,

He'll just say their bike is rubbish and his components would make them much faster.

 

[ozboz]

If he sad they are rubbish , it would be rather mild to his usual responses
😂😂

 

[BalkanExpress]

My basic understanding of slipstreaming is that all involved get a benefit. The lead person’s benefit comes from a cleaner detachment of the air behind them as it moves around the following object, rather than eddying behind them.

This is the explanation I give when i’m Hang for grim death onto someone’s back wheel and they tell me to take a daffing turn

 

[DRM]

If he sad they are rubbish , it would be rather mild to his usual responses
😂😂

Not to mention disappointing !!!